In doing research on a folded space teleportation idea for a
story, I stumbled across a little mystery that has yet to be solved. Now
whether or not this is true, it certainly seems that it did occur. Let me share
it with you.
So apparently, in 1593, a Filipino soldier was standing
guard at the Governor’s palace in Manila, on Las Islas Filipinas, or the
Philippine islands. Our erstwhile guardsman, one Gil Perez, was exhausted from
the events that preceded his fateful watch.
Moluccas pirates had killed the Lord Governor of Las Islas Filipinas,
Gomez Perez-Dasmarinas, during an ill-fatted attempt to eradicate them.
Wait the story gets better… Gil Perez decided to close his
eyes, leaning against a wall to rest, just a little catnap is all. After all
the place was in a tizzy from the death of the Governor and the possibility
that the pirates might attack.
Although he was determined to do his duties, he was
exhausted, and quickly fell into a slumber. After a while, strange noises woke
him, opening his eyes he was startled to find himself in wholly unfamiliar
surroundings. The people spoke fluent Spanish, however with an accent he found a
little...different.
However being a proud member of the Guardia Civil, and
unsure of what to do, he continued to do his duty and guarded the palace he
found himself at. However his bewildered expression, and completely different
guard uniform made him stand out among the other guardsmen. Soon an officer
began asking him questions that frankly Gil was unable to answer.
After a brief conversation where our guardsman became
increasingly agitated when he found out where he was. He, Gil Perez, a member
of the Filipino Guardia Civil, was at the Plaza Mayor… in Mexico City.
During his interrogation with the Viceroy and his Council,
he happened to mention that the Moluccas pirates had killed the Governor of the
Philippines, His Excellency Don Gomez Perez Dasmariñas.
No one believed him of course, but then poor Gil Perez was
interrogated by Church authorities and even though he continually insisted he
somehow traveled from Manila to Mexico overnight but had no idea how, he was
promptly accused of either being a cowardly deserter or practicing “the black
arts”, either way he was imprisoned.
Proclaiming his innocence for two months as he languished in
prison, Gil Perez, erstwhile teleporter resigned himself to dying in prison.
However, a ship arrived from the Philippines bearing news of the death of the
Lord Governor on October 23. Several people aboard the ship also confirmed that
they knew who Gil Perez was and in fact had seen him assume his duties as
palace guardsman and were surprised to see him in a Mexican jail.
Both government and church officials were amazed and
mystified but could offer no explanation to what happened. After some lengthy
debate, Gil Perez was released and sent back to the Philippines with a letter
explaining where he had been, that he had not deserted and seemingly went back
to assume his duties as a member of the Guardia Civil
This is one of the weirder stories I have come across, but
is has given me a number of ideas for expanding my story. It also gives rise to
many questions. There have been theories that humans can teleport. There is
supposed research by the United States Air Force, which reportedly has commissioned an 88-page study titled
"Teleportation Physics Study" in which author Eric W. Davis of Warp
Drive Metrics says that teleportation – the movement of a thing or person from
location to location through the power of the mind alone – is "quite real
and can be controlled."
The Air Force purportedly is intrigued enough by the
possibilities of psychic teleportation – or p-Teleportation, as it is called –
to spend some $7.5 million to research it.
It is always interesting when doing research for a story
idea to stumble upon bits of history that don’t fit into a defined category,
and untold possibilities. I wanted to share this with you with the parting
thought, what if Gil Perez had actually teleported? He would have done so without any of our
advanced technology, since it was the 16th century. Does that mean the ability
to be instantaneously anywhere in the world is inherently in us we just haven’t
figured out how?
